Dowd Town Planning

Chartered Town Planners and Development Consultants specialising in new builds, conversions and changes of use of land and buildings for all types domestic and commercial proposals Dowd Town Planning is chartered town planning consultancy and a corporate member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, which has been founded in order to offer a comprehensive town planning service to both business clie

nts and the wider public. Work is undertaken either directly, on behalf of private clients, or indirectly, on a freelance basis, acting on behalf of professional clients such as architectural and surveying practices and building firms. We offer the complete range of professional planning services, from initial site assessment, through to managing the planning applications and appeals processes and everything in between. Housing
Residential Developments; Householder Extensions and Alterations; Affordable Housing; Special Needs Housing; Infill Developments; Residential Conversions; Living above the Shop; Houses in Multiple Occupation; Caravans and Mobile Homes. Green Belt and Countryside
New Build Developments; Householder Extensions in the Countryside; Agricultural & Forestry Development; Agricultural Diversification; Visitor Accommodation; Barn Conversions; Agricultural Workers’ Dwellings; Employment Uses; Changes of Use of Land; Green Belt Considerations; Inappropriate Development and Very Special Circumstances. Urban Regeneration
Brownfield Developments; Mixed Use Schemes; Ground Works & Remediation; Mitigation Measures; Community Benefits. Employment
Offices; Industrial Development; Extensions to existing Employment Uses; Re-use of Redundant Employment Sites; Relocations; Other Commercial Development. Shopping
New Retail Developments; Shop Fronts; Changes of Use in Retail Areas; Sequential Testing. Recreation & Tourism
Provision of New Facilities; Extension of Existing Facilities; Public Open Space; Access by Special Needs Groups; Holiday Lets. Town Centres
Maintaining Vitality; Street Scene Enhancement; Character and Design; Highway Infrastructure Considerations; Parking & Public Transport. Advertisements
Advertisements excluded from Control; Deemed Consent; Shop signage; Illuminated Advertisements; Non-illuminated Advertisements; Free-standing Signage; Poster Hoardings and Panels; Flags; Directional Signage; Temporary Advertisements. Heritage
Listed Buildings; Conservation Areas; Character Assessments ; Visual Impact Assessments
National Parks; Areas of Special Landscape Value; Tree Preservation Orders. General
Enabling Development; Sustainable Development; Sequential Approach; Development Plan Departures; Planning Gain & S.106 Procedures; Enforcement; Temporary and Personal Planning Permissions; Ecological & Environmental Considerations; Climate Change & Flood Risk; High Quality of Design; Visual Amenity; Disabled Access.